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Naked
David Sedaris
Back Bay Books, 1998
LOVE IT!
I love this book, each chapter draws you in and creates a living breathing environment that captures the reader. David Sedaris is witty, charming, and an imperfectly perfect charater in his books. A must read!
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John Adams
David McCullough
Simon & Schuster, 2008
Great!
A new found respect is gained for John Adams in the pages of this book. He was a bigger and more important figure in American history than people realize and greater than many of his more famous contemporaries.
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The Great American University: Its Rise to Preeminence, Its Indispensable National Role, Why It Must Be ...
Jonathan R. Cole
PublicAffairs, 2010
Excellent!
I could not put this book down. Provost Cole's prose flows smoothly. It takes the reader through the methodology of getting at the truth. Citing the evidence of discoveries accomplished by the Great American Universities, Provost Cole builds the case for strong ...
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The Big Burn: Teddy Roosevelt and the Fire that Saved America
Timothy Egan
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2009
Probably one of the most thrilling histories of the past decade
Egan does what few historical writers manage to pull off in the way that he gives the narrative such an intense arc. Fascinating details made all the more so in that I was listening to the audio book as I drove through Wallace, ID on I-90.
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Valley of Death: The Tragedy at Dien Bien Phu That Led America into the Vietnam War
Ted Morgan
Random House, 2010
Ted Morgan has wriiten a perfect History of DBP
Valley Of Death, is a well written and striaght shooting book on DBP it fills in so many blanks and answers many questtions that Dr. Bernad Fall asked over 40 years ago. It will become a classic book about early Vietnam and the growth of the Vietminh and the fall of ...
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Citizens of London: The Americans Who Stood with Britain in Its Darkest, Finest Hour
Lynne Olson
Random House, 2010
A great read.....
Citizens of London is well written. It gives the reader a totally different perspective on what it was like to live in London before World War II. I was intrigued by people like Gil Winant, our ambassador who replaced Joe Kennedy in London, as well as Edward R. Murrow ...
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Empire of Liberty: A History of the Early Republic, 1789-1815 (Oxford History of the United States)
Gordon S. Wood
Oxford University Press, USA, 2009
A Classic Study of Early America
I am using this novel as a reference work for a college course in "Law and Literature" that I teach at a local university. It is a comprehensive, deep, enlightened account of early American society that traces the development of American history, culture and ...
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The Imperial Cruise: A Secret History of Empire and War
James Bradley
Little, Brown and Company, 2009
Unknown history nmade known
I thought I knew a great deal about TR and his effect on American policy. However this book reveals aspects of TR's private ,political life I was not aware of. Fascinating.
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Churchill
Paul Johnson
Viking Adult, 2009
Brilliant!
This is one of the very best biographies I have ever read. It's got just the right amount of detail, moves briskly, and is incredibly well written. The author brings his personal knowledge of Churchill in with a light hand, and doesn't shy away from advocating why he ...
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American Progressivism: A Reader
Lexington Books, 2008
"Just the facts, ma'am"
The introduction by the editors provides a comprehensive overview of Progressivism that I found most helpful. The short chapters present the 'facts' from the original sources, so the reader can evaluate for her/himself what is relavent. This text would be ...
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The Path Between the Seas: The Creation of the Panama Canal, 1870-1914
David McCullough
Simon & Schuster, 1978
The Path Between The Seas by David McCullough
Taking along David McCullough's gripping account of the socio-political and engineering history of this vital waterway made my cruise through the Panama Canal twice as rewarding as it would have been otherwise. But where ever you are, you'll find it a great read.
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A Light in the Attic
Shel Silverstein
HarperCollins, 1981
Great book!
A Light in the Attic is a great book for people of all ages. I recieved it as a gift when I was younger and I just bought a copy for my niece and she called me last night to tell me how much she loved all of the poems.
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King Leopold's Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror, and Heroism in Colonial Africa
Adam Hochschild
Mariner Books, 1999
European Colonialism at its Worst
I first heard of this terrible episode of colonialist history when I stumbled upon Mark Twain's denunciation of it in "King Leopold's Soliloquy" years ago. Hochschild's book lays the details of this out in summary fashion. Circa 1870, Belgium, a small country by ...
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Undaunted Courage : Meriwether Lewis, Thomas Jefferson, and the Opening of the American West
Stephen Ambrose
Simon & Schuster, 1997
Major Robert Clark Floyd was the father of Sergeant Charles Floyd.
Major Robert Clark Floyd was the father of Sergeant Charles Floyd of the Lewis and Clark Expedition. (On page 118, the father of Sergeant Charles Floyd is incorrectly named as "Captain Charles Floyd.")
In the context of this particular book, this error may seem ...
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Stitches: A Memoir
David Small
W. W. Norton & Company, 2009
WOW!!!
It's difficult to review a book which took less than an hour to read. Yet the story is so heart-wrenching and emotional that it speaks volumes in a short span of time. I have to be honest this is my first graphic novel and one that left me thinking about it long after ...
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